Sekirov Dictionary

mouth

/mʌʊθ/

noun 9
verb 13
forms 4
phrases 20

noun9

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the opening in the face that people and animals use to eat
- "Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor.
- She kissed him on the mouth.
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The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.
- The mouth of the river is a good place to go birdwatching in spring and autumn.
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An outlet, aperture or orifice.
- But come, Lady, we are too near the mouth of the cavern; let us seek its inmost recesses. — 1764
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(slang) A loud or overly talkative person.
- My kid sister is a real mouth; she never shuts up.
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(slang) A gossip.
- Siobhán, you know Donna's a mouth. — 2012
The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
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(no longer used) Speech; language; testimony.
- that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established — 1611
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(no longer used) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
- Counterfeit sad looks, / Make mouths upon me when I turn my back. — 1595
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(no longer used) A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
- Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives. — 1712

verb13

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To represent (words or sounds) by making the actions of speech, but silently, without producing sound; to frame.
- The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.
- She mouthed a warning to me as the teacher entered the room.
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To move the mouth, with or without sound; to form (air or words) with the mouth, with or without sound.
- But words are nothing to the misbelieving -- mere air mouthed into a sound. — 1886
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To speak; to utter.
- He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting.
- How can you get up there and mouth such clichés?
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To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
- This view of voice cultivation excludes all mouthing and ranting which have been thought to be necessary incidents of voice culture. — 1902
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(figurative) Ellipsis of mouth the words; to speak insincerely.
- She [Marjorie Taylor Greene] seems to have sincerely believed the lies that shrewder players merely mouthed. — 2025
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To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
- The fish mouthed the lure, but didn't bite.
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To carry in the mouth.
- This transfer system continues until the young are free-swimming, which may be for another 3 or 4 days. Each time they are moved to a new pit, they are mouthed over and spat into their new crèche. — 1953
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To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
- Each contained a long, wide, solid oak table around which all who could find a space the width of his body would mouth his brown-bag grub from home. — 1998
To exit at a mouth (such as a river mouth)
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To examine the teeth of.
- Either at the shipping point or as they leave the summer range, the older ewes are “mouthed out.” That is, their mouths are examined to see if their teeth are good for another year. — 1938
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To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
- Meanwhile she, and the male, mouthed over the inner surface of pot until it was as clean as could be. — 1937
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To form a mouth or opening in.
- The front end of the barrel has to be mouthed out conically, so that the various centre points may fit it. — 1773
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(no longer used) To make mouths at
- He drew the cork from his bottle..and mouthed at his companions even while he bowed to them. — 1827

forms

mouthed · mouthing · mouthes · mouths

Phrases with mouth

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